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An estimated 13 people, most of them in the manufacturing hub of Tamil Nadu, have died in the flooding that was triggered by the torrential rains that preceded the cyclone, which made landfall in ...
Economic loss in Tamil Nadu exceeded ₹11,000 crore (US$1.32 billion). [24] Chennai International Airport closed its operations on December 4 due to flooding in the apron and runways, with flights being diverted or cancelled and operations resuming the next day. [25] Schools and offices were closed due to heavy rains and flooding. [26]
A 45-year-old man was electrocuted in Chennai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu after heavy rain snapped a power cable and it fell on him, and another man died while pumping stagnated water.
In Tamil Nadu, relief operations were also deployed, and the state government formed a committee to examine the amount of crop damage as a result of the rains. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Areas in the state capital, Chennai , were waterlogged and government officials had to use pumps to drain communities who were stranded in waist-deep waters. [ 2 ]
Though rainfall from the earlier low-pressure system ended on 24 November, another system developed on 29 November, bringing additional rain and the India Meteorological Department predicted heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu until the end of the week. [31] [32] On 1 December, heavy rains led to inundation in many areas of Chennai. [33]
The 2005 December Chennai stampede incident happened on 18 December 2005 in a school at MGR Nagar in Chennai, the capital of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where the relief supplies were distributed by the state government for the people affected by severe flooding. There were 42 deaths in the accident, which left another 37 injured.
6 Tamil Nadu. 7 Goa. 8 ... floods due to heavy rains in July–September 2019. [2] News reports later stated that there were 500 people missing and 1000 killed, with ...
The rains from the storm caused an epidemic, which caused the death of hundreds of cattle at Gumabirsinghur village in the Ganjam District, in Odisha. [63] As a precursor low, the storm caused heavy rain in Tamil Nadu including Chennai, [64] and caused 20 confirmed fatalities. [65] [66]